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Baines v. State

Citations

  • 575 S.E.2d 495
  • 276 Ga. 117
  • 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 154
  • 2003 Ga. LEXIS 27

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  • determining that, among other independent evidence, evidence that the murder weapon was found in the location described by the 17 accomplice corroborated the accomplice’s testimony
  • corroboration in part by evidence that appellant was driven to the vicinity of the victim’s home on the day of the crime
  • “Slight evidence from an extraneous source identifying the accused as a participant in the criminal act is sufficient corroboration of the accomplice to support a verdict. .. [, and] [t]he sufficiency of the corroborating evidence is for the trier of fact to decide.”

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Judges: Thompson

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